This depressing memoir deals with the life of Elizabeth Kim, a Korean adoptee who has had, according to this book, a terrible life. Her Omma (mother) was killed by her family for having a child with an American, she was adopted by an abusive ...
Pros: Detailed, emotional, well written Cons: End of book becomes rather weak
This is not a book that I would ordinarily have picked up. Autobiographies have always struck me as rather - oh, I don't know - egotistical. They have never really interested me.
However, I heard an interview with the author, Elizabeth Kim, on...
The title grabbed me by the throat and wouldn't let go. I am a sucker for tragedy, because to me, that is the highest praise to life which is full of tragic-comic moments. The author, Elizabeth Kim tells a tale of woeful loss and abandonment in her...
Pros: clarity in speaking up about many "forbidden" issues Cons: publisher's presentation of the book
As a half Okinawan half American woman, I read Elizabeth Kim's story of herself as a half Korean half American woman, catching glimpses of myself through words she had the courage to write. While there is a growing amount of literature on "mixed...
Elizabeth Kim is an incredible woman. This autobiopic about her life is an incredible testament to the human spirit. The child of an American GI and Korean mother she was a witness to her mother's murder and then sent to an orphanage, adopted by an...
Pros: printed on nice, creamy paper Cons: more fiction than fact
Having given her book the shameless title Ten Thousand Sorrows, Kim seems to have been bent on justifying it with trivialities. Her schoolmates didn't like her book report! No one complimented her on her bridal gown! (Yeah, right.) She had to do the...
Pros: Touching, sad but kept you interested. Cons: Wished it would have been longer!
This was the most interesting, well written book I have ever read. This woman has been through so much in her life. From losing her mother by watching her family kill her, being sent to an orphanage where she was ignored, and then being thrown into a...
Pros: The message Cons: Non koreans have a hard time comprehending
If a book is to be called a classic, it must have entertainment, value, and be able to bring the reader intense emotions. Ten
Thousand Sorrows includes all of those above. This book is a memoir that is unforgettable, whether the reader is Korean or...
Pros: Author's life story is interesting and inspirational. Cons: Author's book is less so.
I've read a few articles about author before actually getting the book. How can her story not catch your attention? Drawing my attention even more because we're both from the same country. I was a bit anxious to read her book and it just broke my...
Pros: Touching, emotional, tragically compelling Cons: Not a book to lift your spirits
Anyone who loves biographies and memoirs will appreciate this tragic yet triumphant story of life, death, loss, suffering and healing. I just finished reading Elizabeth Kim's "Ten Thousand Sorrows" and agree that the title for her book is a...
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